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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
This is the first time a 'fast radio burst' has been captured in real-time These are cosmic chirps that last for only a thousandth of a second No one knows where these bursts come from, but possibilities range from black holes to alien communication and mergers of neutron stars The mystery light was captured by the Parkes telescope in Australia 'Identifying the origin is now only a matter of time,' scientists claim Maybe?? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2917225/Is-alien-communication-Mystery-cosmic-burst-captured-LIVE-closer-understanding-meaning.html |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
The flash, located 5.5 billion light-years from Earth and lasting a thousandth of a second, was spotted for the first time by astronomers at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Epic cosmic radio burst finally seen in real time A gigantic but fleeting burst of radio waves has been caught in the act for the first time, helping to narrow down the vast array of things that might cause them. Figuring out what these fast radio bursts – sometimes called blitzars – are or where they come from could help answer some of the biggest cosmological questions. Blitzars last about a millisecond but give off as much energy as the sun does in a million years, all seemingly in a tight band of radio-frequency waves. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26813-epic-cosmic-radio-burst-finally-seen-in-real-time.html#.VL2j7i4k5-z |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
"Captain, I think they picked up our warp signature!" "Full, stop. Red alert!" :D non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Thanks Lynn i had herd something on the box but mist it so thank's . Wonder if it would be any good to crunch here at seti ! |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Thanks Lynn i had herd something on the box but mist it so thank's . Your welcome Glenn. I don't know about crunching? Maybe signal from a neutron star. I thought i read it was outside our galaxy? Maybe from another dimension in time. Hope we find the answer? :))))) |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
btw, do you know what kind of energy it would be required to send that strong signal across 5,5 BILLION LY? c'mon...definately not ET! 100% physical... if I'd have to guess: mather-antimather anihilation! ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I think it is a rare natural phenomena. It will probably take years to figure out the nature of the source. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
This is old news. These were first noticed back in 2007. If we haven't figured them out by now I don't know how we expect to figure them out now in the near future. Can you enlighten me? Is there any content in these captured "messages"?? a millisec at these frequencies could contain a lot of data. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Article says neutron star and at 5.5 billion light yrs that was a long time ago when the universe was much smaller and before our own solar system was form'd |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Article says neutron star and at 5.5 billion light yrs that was a long time ago when the universe was much smaller and before our own solar system was form'd I know what the article stated. The last burst was 3/14. ‎Natural phenomenon, most likely. |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6652 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Article says neutron star and at 5.5 billion light yrs that was a long time ago when the universe was much smaller and before our own solar system was form'd Agreed. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
KLiK Send message Joined: 31 Mar 14 Posts: 1304 Credit: 22,994,597 RAC: 60 |
It just occurred to me: radio waves are also subjected to Gravity...so these bursts could be the radio waves "tangled around some super-massive object" like some Black hole...which could turn the radio signals just slightly to our direction... But the assumption here is the that Black hole is not feeding, so we don't see it's Event horizon! ;) non-profit org. Play4Life in Zagreb, Croatia, EU |
Jorge Send message Joined: 20 Nov 03 Posts: 37 Credit: 14,722 RAC: 0 |
Could be a high speed impact between two metiors causing fusion and/or fission. Or It's just ET using a mirror to talk to us. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space BURSTS of radio waves flashing across the sky seem to follow a mathematical pattern. If the pattern is real, either some strange celestial physics is going on, or the bursts are artificial, produced by human – or alien – technology. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630153.600-is-this-et-mystery-of-strange-radio-bursts-from-space.html#.VRw9BeH2MVA Interesting. |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1383 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Is this ET? Mystery of strange radio bursts from space The New Scientist article is much clearer on the concepts involved than one I read yesterday on the same topic. Thanks for sharing it, Lynn. The dispersion measurement results could be due to some form of modulation, rather than being caused by radio waves' transit through huge spatial distances. A range of frequencies might be swept through, over very short periods of time, causing this effect. My impression is that the bandwidth of the signals is much broader than what would be expected from interference by terrestrial transmitters. The consistent mathematical relationship between the steps in the amount of frequency dispersion; simple integer multiplication of the base of 187.5 cm does not sound like the workings of a natural phenomenon. |
ghostinthemachine Send message Joined: 13 Feb 15 Posts: 3 Credit: 566,331 RAC: 0 |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.05245 Failing some observational bias, the sug- So assuming that this paper is about what this thread is about, then it seems these 'messages' are from earth. |
Michael Watson Send message Joined: 7 Feb 08 Posts: 1383 Credit: 2,098,506 RAC: 5 |
Possibly. It could also be be a signal directed our way by relatively nearby extraterrestrials who are familiar with our system of time-keeping. They might adopt our system to make it easier for us to recognize the artificial nature of the signal, and analyze its content. I'm not aware of any human radio modulation scheme based on small integer multiples of 187.5 cm. |
William Rothamel Send message Joined: 25 Oct 06 Posts: 3756 Credit: 1,999,735 RAC: 4 |
The signals, called fast radio bursts (FRBs), all have in common a peculiar measurement – the figure 187.5cm−3 What is this? : why a volume measurement of .000000153 Cubic Centimeters. Is that what the -3 means in the above number ? Since we have been aware of these for about 15 years then we should have decoded them by now if they contained any intelligence. "They" would have no way of knowing that we were here in the Milky Way. So if it is a beacon you would assume some intelligent info in the burst of signal. Most likely a natural phenomenon from a neutron star that is in a multiple system that rotates our way every so many years. Not likely that aliens could control this enormous amount of energy (TYPE 3 Civilization). |
Odysseus Send message Joined: 26 Jul 99 Posts: 1808 Credit: 6,701,347 RAC: 6 |
The signals, called fast radio bursts (FRBs), all have in common a peculiar measurement – the figure 187.5cm−3 There’s a piece missing above: the units of the dispersion measure were originally given as “cm–3·pc†but you can also write “pc/cm3â€, parsecs per cubic centimetre—either way it boils down to an inverse area. It’s basically a measure of how many electrons an EM wave has opportunity to interact with in a ‘column’ between source and receiver. For a similar application to pulsars, see this section of the WP article on optical dispersion. |
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